Dear Mr Paulley,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

1) Please supply information relating to the incidence of attempts

by care providers to evict residents in care homes - that is, care

providers giving residents notice to leave or otherwise attempting

to get them to leave without their involvement in the decision or

against their wishes.

Please indicate the number of cases you are aware of for the last 3

years, also indicating if and how your council responded to the

situation, and what was the ultimate result of the sitaution, i.e.

if and how the situation was resolved.

During the last 3 years we are aware of only one case where the

Department has been notified of a service user in a mental health

facility being asked to leave without notice being given by the

establishment.

This was due to a series of incidents at the establishment resulting in

the service user staying with relatives, during which time the service user

was told the placement was terminated.

This matter was dealt with through the service user's solicitors and the

Department's Complaints and Commissioning Support units.

The service user in question is now living in another residential care

establishment.

2) Please provide me with the number of instances your council is

aware of where either CQC or local authority safeguarding

procedures have substantiated allegations of insitutional abuse of

a Leonard Cheshire social care service user over the past 3 years.

Further, please provide anonymised information on the alleged

behaviour by Leonard Cheshire resulting in the conclusion.

Bradford Council has no records indicating any allegations of institutional

abuse relating to service users in Leonard Cheshire establishments and

there are currently no establishments run by the Leonard Cheshire

Foundation operating within the geographical boundary of Bradford

Metropolitan District.

If you are not satisfied with this reply you may ask for a review of this decision by contacting [Bradford City Council request email] or by writing to Freedom of Information, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, 7th Floor, City Exchange, 61 Hall Ings, Bradford, BD1 5SG

If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review you have the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700

URL: http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours faithfully

Keith Dale

Service Co-ordination Officer (with responsibility for FOI and Data Protection)